Apparatus for storing power.



A. E. dARDNBR. V APPARATUS FOB STORING POWER.

' APPLICATION FILED KAY 21, 1907. 903,372. Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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ARTHUR GARDNEIQ Ol CANAAN, NEW HAMPsnmE:

APPARATUS FOR- STORING POWER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anri i n E. Gannigrn, a. citizen of the United States, residing at. Canaan, in the county of Grafton. State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Appnratuses for Storin Power; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatuses for storing power and it has particularreference to a wind mill and means'for pumping air upon the operation of the wind mill int'o'a battery of storage tanks.

Generallv speaking the invention includes a wind mill, gearing between the reci meeting wind mil rod,-and the pumps, 9. )attery of storage lanks,'a conductor between the pumps aim the storagetanks and fluid pressure controlling means for movingthe vanes of the mill into and out of theyvind in accordance with the variations of pressure, incident to use in the storage tanks.

In connection with a wind. mill of the above type the invention aims as-a primary object. to provide fluid pressure controlling means as above outlined which shall embody a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts.

The details of construction will appear in the course of the following description in which referenrc is had to the accompanying drawings forming a- )art of this specification, like characters of relerence designating simi lar parts throughout the several views, where- 1H2 Figure] is a view of diagrammatic nature illustrating the system as an entirety. Fig. 2 is a detailed side elevation of the gearin r between the reciprocalin; wind mill rod an the pumps above retern-d to. Fig. 3 is a. top

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed 1., 21, 1901'. ne ad. snub.

posed and formed-ftocontinuous y' rotate the ratchet wheel '9 and-the shaft .7 durjng'the Fig. 0

tatably supported ion a .-fi xed hollowcbllar.

centrally Fof- --t-he -'.-frame1. l'lingedly connected to'the rotatable- 'hea'd' is= avane plate 5 normall held'i'n the wind by a tension spring 6 having its free endscon-- nected tosaid vane late and head. on the inner end of the she. t 2' is the disk wheel 7' having link connection with a yertical-reciprocating .rod 3 movable-through stiit'able bearings 4 andprovided at its lower end w-ith an enlarged head 5': Between'tliebars offthe frame 1 are supported? aralle'l trans'verse shafts 6 and a centr'ally ocated' sl1aft"7'thelatter carrying a-ba'l'ahce Wheel-fife centrally located ratchet -wheelEQ {and the pinion '10. Pirated to each'side f the'head'S are rack bars 11, hafing theirlteeth 'op "tely disreciprocation of; the 3. the put-"'1 of holding the rackaiias iii with the ratchet vyheel 8 s riii i' ii tasslfd' r oll ers 12 are provi'ded'uvliic "i 's s a idfSC- bars and force-.tliem i iwafrdl 'dii't p518. Mounted upon thirsllia'ffi i which arej iniefii'iirltltdildp f H l the inimi-ri lirqrffiame rsappdrtspam cylinders 14' in; wliijcli p'istons no show"? are mounted ftii' fieiticalnhovnieii Yltlie piston rods 15-, a=lrreh. 14 are pir'otedatftliir adilte :Br. g,-nm 1 or itmen' 16, e'c ota connectionl'l' As arbitrarily sliott 14 are employed fr h om te u .perfeni tie ge a I nection with a pipeihg thelattergleading to the battery of storage tanks alpoi' ereferred to. A check val ve'2 0' is interposed in the pipe 19 between; the cylinders to preventackward' 'escape ,of' fronrone cylinder into the other. 1 9 5, The storage tanligarg'degnated t ibe, 1 characters A, Ufgi'nd Q, the tankgGj-wluch is disposed at the fiarthgstmal of the-uni .bQz;]=9 being provided ivith ga spfetvwallfio 9 and with a pressure gage 22.1.. 2.x. Pressuregages 23am likew seelnp'lo5 connection. with the; tanks A. and B'.''- The pipe 19 has connection-withthe several tanks A, B and C by means of branch pi 24 and check valves al e provided. in he. ipe 19 in advance of'saidbranclnpipes.:a A. istrihuting I pipe 26 has 1 connection: Avith the sow.

cral tanks A BandG-by uneanseoffbranch pipes 12K in which are provided hand valves Lit 5,

ul tin. valves is will: it D'lultlfuitl 21bit) lulttlls ui' brain-h pipes 10, and a service pipe 31 vadfrom the manifold to a cylinder 32.

top of the head 3 A piston is mounted for vertical movement in the lzitler and its rod 3-l1spro1ected through the upper and ot' the cylinder 31.

An expansive coil spring 35 surrounds said' rod within the cylinder and tends to .force the piston 33 downwardly against the pres sure of the air introduced into the cylinder through the pipe 31. Upon the top of the cylinder lever 37, thelatter working through a guide bracket 38 and at its front end carrying a frict ion roller 39. The rod 34 is slotted as at 40 and the lever 31' is projected through the same. The wind mill 2 15 mounted 1n any conventional manner to be swung into and out of the wind upon the movementpf a lever. 41; Said lever 41 is pivotally connected to' a depending lug 41 and the is connected to a flexible cable '42 ber 42 which includes a central vertical arm 43 carrying at its upper end a weight 44 and horizontal arms 45 and 46 projecting on each side of the arm.43 ando the pivot 47 for the member 42. The arm 45 is: constructed at its end with 5 need fin ers 48 which overend with 'ioning element to the pipe 31,

lie one another in slightly tion and afford a that the fingers of the roller 39. The arm 46 is formed at its an eye 49 and is connected by means of a rigid link 50- with the lever 41.

The weight 44 is merely the counterbalancing element to insure the etlicient operav The spring 35 incidentally partakes of the nature of a cashprevent vibration upon t w piston 33, but said yoke itbeing understood the mo variant of spring is likewise a means for regulating the,

normal pressure of air in the system in exof which, or below which the piston 33 .IS moved in either direction b fluid pressure, or b the pressure of sai spring, and to the en of regulatin the tension of the spring 35 a nut 35 is treaded through the head of the cylinder 31 and surrounds. the rod 34-. Rotation of said nut in either direction will increase or decrease the tension of l the spring 35 as willhe readily understood. I n the course of use or for any well known reasons, should the. ressure in the batt of tanks A, B and I nate degree,- the tension of the spring 35 WI" overcome the pressureof fluid within and will force the piston 33 The pipes 27 are connected inadvance i 32 is a projecting bracket 36 which has PlFOttll coiniecuon with the end of a plate 5" so'that the latter convergent rela- 18 are engaged on each side fall below a deternu-' dt'nvnwardly. In this action the lever 37 is rocked downwardly by virtue of the connections described, and said lever will, rock the member 42 to th dotted line position X.

41 will be rocked to throw the-wind mill into the wind and'thus attain a maximum degree of pumping power. When the pressnre in the system exceeds a determinate deugainst the tension of the spring 35 and the member di. is moved in a reverse direction to the dotted line )osition l', in which action the lever -11 is me Cd to move the wind mill stood that the movement ofthe piston 33 is in accordance withthe variations of preswhen the pressure is at the normal deter- .line position. .l

It is'preferred to mount the tanks A, l5 and G in a suitable vault or subway beneath the surface lcvel'in order that said tanks together with their-adjuncts may be protected from tlie influence of the elements.

. A system constructed in accordance with the presen't'inventionis comparatively inexpensivetoinstall and is highly cllit-acious in operation.-

seen that simple-and ellicient-means are provided for accomplishm" invention, -'but' while the elements herein shown and described are well adapted. to 'servethe functions set forth, it is-obvious the several parts, without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as delincd in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

.1. In an up the combination with a wind mill having its vanes inmableinto-arrd out of the wind and a recil'irocaling rod, of air pumps, operative connections between rod and said iumps; a battery of storage tanks, a pipe tween said a distributing ipe, oolnu.etions between said tanks and said the vanes of said wind mill into} or out of the wind and fluid pressure means operable upon the variations of pressure in said storment. to move said vanes.

2. In an apparatus of the type set forth, the combination with a wind mill having its vanes movable into and out of the wind, and 5 a reci'pmcatingrod operated from said wind mill, of pumps, gearing between said rod and said pumps, a battery of'storage tanks, a pipe between said pumps and said storage In such position of the member 112, the lever i out of the'wi'nd. It will 01" course be under- Z sure in the system and that the member 42,

From theforegoing' description it will be the objects of the that; various minor changes may be made in the proport ons, shape and arrangement 01 paratus of the typc set forth,

pumps and said storage tanli-i;

pipe, an element for moiin'g' age tanks in excess of or below a normal del gree for correspondingly actuating saideletanks, 0. distributing. pipe, connections be-.

gree, the piston is forced upwardly ininate degree will be-sustained in the full 1 tween said distributing pipe age tanks, a lever for movi the wind millinto or out inder, means forming communication etween said connections and said cylinder, a piston movable in said cylinder, a rodoar ried by said piston and rejecting throu h one end of said cyl'm er, en adjust-ab e sprin surrounding said rod, :1 pivoted lever, said e *er having operative connection with said rod, a pivoted member including a vertical arm and a weight carried thereby, and

and said storthe vanes of of t e wind, a cyl- GARDNER.

arms on either side of said vertical arm an 

